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Tuesday Tunes on the Patio

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
Patio at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Family, Friends of the Library
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Tuesday Tunes:

Bring a lunch or purchase food from our Cafe and enjoy live music, and good company on the patio.  Children can participate in outdoor games. Concert will be held in meeting r...

Today's performer: Matt Watroba (folk music)

 

Thank you to Diversified Members Credit Union for sponsoring this concert series!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Patio
Age Group: Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Family, Friends of the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring a lunch or purchase food from our Cafe and enjoy live music, and good company on the patio.  Children can participate in outdoor games. Concert will be held in meeting room if inclement weather.

Music brought to you by the Friends of Novi Library.

Today's performer: Matt Watroba (folk music)

 

Thank you to Diversified Members Credit Union for sponsoring this concert series!

Spanish conversation Group 3rd tuesday of each month from 5-6:30pm. Registration required

Spanish Conversation Group

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Hola amigos! All levels of Spanish speakers from ZERO to NATIVE are welcome to join us!  High school students welcome. 

 

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hola amigos! All levels of Spanish speakers from ZERO to NATIVE are welcome to join us!  High school students welcome. 

 

 

Image of Documents with Novi Historical Commission Logo

Novi Historical Commission Meeting

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Local History Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Historical Commission
Age Group:
Adults

The Novi Historical Commission meets 1x a month to discuss ongoing projects related to the sharing and preserving of Novi's history. All meetings are open to the public.

Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Local History Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Historical Commission
Event Details:

The Novi Historical Commission meets 1x a month to discuss ongoing projects related to the sharing and preserving of Novi's history. All meetings are open to the public.

Knit 2gether Knitting group

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Knit 2gether:

Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.

Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.

Summer Songfest

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Family, Friends of the Library
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
Summer Songfest:

Enjoy the summer at Paradise Park with lively music from great area bands, brought to you by the Friends of the Novi Library. Event is free and will be hel...

Tonight's Performer: Geoff Phillips & Friends Band  

 

Summer Songfest is sponsored by:

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Family, Friends of the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy the summer at Paradise Park with lively music from great area bands, brought to you by the Friends of the Novi Library. Event is free and will be held under an outdoor, covered pavilion. Arrive at 6pm for cash bar, food service, attractions and games which are available for purchase.

Paradise Park is located at 45799 Grand River Ave, Novi.

 

Tonight's Performer: Geoff Phillips & Friends Band  

 

Summer Songfest is sponsored by:

Promotional graphic for the NO-VI Chess Club. The text reads: 'NO-VI Chess Club. Ages 5 to Adult. No previous knowledge of chess is necessary.' The background features a silver king chess piece in focus on a black and white chessboard, with a blurred gold piece lying down in the background.

NO-VI Chess Club

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Whole Meeting Room at Novi Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults
NO-VI Chess Club:

Join our NO-VI Chess Club to participate, learn and sharpen your chess skill. No previous knowledge of chess is necessary. This program will include lectures, practice games, ...

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Whole Meeting Room
Age Group: Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Registration Required

Join our NO-VI Chess Club to participate, learn and sharpen your chess skill. No previous knowledge of chess is necessary. This program will include lectures, practice games, game analysis, and other components of chess training. Limited number of chess boards, timers, and rule books are provided (sponsored by a generous library donor). Please bring your own board.

Registration is required for each session. Ages 5 and up welcome (caregivers are expected to accompany their child to the program if under the age of 12).


 

Masterpiece Monday

Monday, August 25, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Youth Activity Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Masterpiece Monday:

Join us in painting a work of art. Participate in a drawing for fun prizes related to the painting. Supplies are provided.

Join us in painting a work of art. Participate in a drawing for fun prizes related to the painting. Supplies are provided.

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in painting a work of art. Participate in a drawing for fun prizes related to the painting. Supplies are provided.

Join us in painting a work of art. Participate in a drawing for fun prizes related to the painting. Supplies are provided.

Cover of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain

Novel Idea Book Club

Monday, August 25, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

A book club, what a novel idea! Read the selected title and come prepared to discuss! 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

A book club, what a novel idea! Read the selected title and come prepared to discuss! 

Knit 2gether Knitting group

Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Knit 2gether:

Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.

Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.

Summer Songfest

Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Family, Friends of the Library
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
Summer Songfest:

Enjoy the summer at Paradise Park with lively music from great area bands, brought to you by the Friends of the Novi Library. Event is free and will be hel...

Tonight's Performer: Motor City Soul Band

 

Summer Songfest is sponsored by:

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Family, Friends of the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy the summer at Paradise Park with lively music from great area bands, brought to you by the Friends of the Novi Library. Event is free and will be held under an outdoor, covered pavilion. Arrive at 6pm for cash bar, food service, attractions and games which are available for purchase.

Paradise Park is located at 45799 Grand River Ave, Novi.

 

Tonight's Performer: Motor City Soul Band

 

Summer Songfest is sponsored by:

Strange Lands Book Club promotional image with a split creme and lilac background. On the right side is the cover for The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang..

Strange Lands Book Club

Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
2nd Floor Meeting Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Delve into far-flung and fantastical worlds with NPL! We explore all that speculative fiction has to offer, from sci-fi to fantasy, and everything in between. Registration required.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Delve into far-flung and fantastical worlds with NPL! We explore all that speculative fiction has to offer, from sci-fi to fantasy, and everything in between. Registration required.

American Red Cross text and logo - two hearts giving blood

American Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, August 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 4:00pm
Whole Meeting Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults

To schedule an appointment, please click here or log onto redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: NoviLibrar

Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Whole Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

To schedule an appointment, please click here or log onto redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: NoviLibrar

Library Closed

All Day 8/30 - 9/1
Novi Public Library

The Library will reopen on Tuesday, September 2 at 10am.

Closing
Branches:
Novi Public Library
Description:

The Library will reopen on Tuesday, September 2 at 10am.

Korean Conversation Group

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
2nd Floor Meeting Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Age Group:
Adults

안녕하세요! Interested in Korean culture and language? Join us for a free monthly lesson. Participants will engage in fun activities using basic words and sentences while learning consonants and vowels.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Registration Required
Event Details:

안녕하세요! Interested in Korean culture and language? Join us for a free monthly lesson. Participants will engage in fun activities using basic words and sentences while learning consonants and vowels.

Image promoting the Virtual Business Book Club. Image is of a laptop. On the laptop screen is an image of a book with a black cover and the words Virtual Business Book Club.

Business Book Club - Virtual

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Business/Career, Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Join our Virtual Business Book Club, a monthly gathering where entrepreneurs, professionals, and business enthusiasts explore influential works in the world of business.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Business/Career, Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join our Virtual Business Book Club, a monthly gathering where entrepreneurs, professionals, and business enthusiasts explore influential works in the world of business.

Pages to Pages: ESL/ELL Bookclub

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
ESL
Age Group:
Adults

Improve your English while reading a book with friends! For High-Intermediate to Advanced English speakers only. We will discuss one book during the sixteen-week session. This book club meets every other week.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ESL
Registration Required
Event Details:

Improve your English while reading a book with friends! For High-Intermediate to Advanced English speakers only. We will discuss one book during the sixteen-week session. This book club meets every other week.

Japanese Conversation Group 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm, registration required. Knowledge of hiragana and katakana required. Ages 16+

Japanese Conversation Group

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Youth Activity Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

こんにちは! Do you think your Japanese conversation skills are getting rusty? Let’s practice and learn Japanese together! Knowledge of Hiragana and Katakana required. Ages 13+

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Registration Required
Event Details:

こんにちは! Do you think your Japanese conversation skills are getting rusty? Let’s practice and learn Japanese together! Knowledge of Hiragana and Katakana required. Ages 13+

Knit 2gether Group

Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Knit 2gether:

Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.

Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.

Pages to Pages: ESL/ELL Bookclub

Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Youth Activity Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
ESL
Age Group:
Adults

Improve your English while reading a book with friends! For High-Intermediate to Advanced English speakers only. We will discuss one book during the sixteen-week session. This book club meets every other week.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ESL
Registration Required
Event Details:

Improve your English while reading a book with friends! For High-Intermediate to Advanced English speakers only. We will discuss one book during the sixteen-week session. This book club meets every other week.

Beginner English Language Lessons

Friday, September 5, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL
Age Group:
Adults

For adult beginners who recently arrived in the USA/Michigan. We will have conversation time for listening, speaking, and writing. Also, a discussion of topics that are for the beginner level.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL
Registration Required
Event Details:

For adult beginners who recently arrived in the USA/Michigan. We will have conversation time for listening, speaking, and writing. Also, a discussion of topics that are for the beginner level.

Intermediate/Advanced English Language Lessons

Friday, September 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL
Age Group:
Adults

These sessions will be for intermediate/advanced level adults who have been in the USA/Michigan for at least 1-2 years. We will discuss a variety of subjects during our 8 weeks of class.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL
Registration Required
Event Details:

These sessions will be for intermediate/advanced level adults who have been in the USA/Michigan for at least 1-2 years. We will discuss a variety of subjects during our 8 weeks of class.

Intermediate Geneaology Seminar Saturday Sept. 6th 10:30am-3pm

Intermediate Geneaology Class with Northville Genealogical Society

Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 3:00pm
Board Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Historical Commission, Other
Age Group:
Adults

This is an intermediate geneology seminar. Participants should have some knowledge and understanding of geneaology and genealogical resources. 

SCHEDULE

10:30-12:30pm -Geneaology Talk

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Historical Commission, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is an intermediate geneology seminar. Participants should have some knowledge and understanding of geneaology and genealogical resources. 

SCHEDULE

10:30-12:30pm -Geneaology Talk

Picture of Baby Lock Vibrant serger sewing machine threaded with red cone thread.

Introduction to Serger Basics

Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
iCube Makerspace at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, iCube
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

This beginner sewing class will explore a type of sewing machine called a serger. We will learn how to thread and use a serger to create a more finished, professional looking, and durable seam.

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: iCube Makerspace
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, iCube
Registration Required
Event Details:

This beginner sewing class will explore a type of sewing machine called a serger. We will learn how to thread and use a serger to create a more finished, professional looking, and durable seam.

Novi Mental Health Alliance Meeting

Monday, September 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
2nd Floor Meeting Room at Novi Public Library
Program Type:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Age Group:
Adults

The mission of this group is to raise mental health awareness, well-being, and self-efficacy in the Novi Community School District’s (NCSD) K-12 system for students, with the support of parents, staff, and community members.  

Library Branch: Novi Public Library
Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Event Details:

The mission of this group is to raise mental health awareness, well-being, and self-efficacy in the Novi Community School District’s (NCSD) K-12 system for students, with the support of parents, staff, and community members.